Education

Most students already exceed the recommended two-hour daily limit for screen use. But here are eight ways to reduce the negative impacts of electronic devices.

The Australian Education Union says 87% of public schools are funded below the minimum requirement, with $1.9 billion cut from public schools in 2018 & 2019.

Year-based curriculum should be scrapped over the next five years to allow students to learn progressively to their abilities. This is one of 23 recommendations in Gonski's new report, listed here.

Opinion: The new Gonski 2.0 report reflects a smorgasbord of popular ideas that have been doing the rounds for some time. But implementing the recommendations will require overcoming many political hurdles.

Australia has dropped from 4th in the world for literacy to 16th, 7th in mathematics to 25th and 4th in science to 14th yet we spend more money per student than higher-performing countries. The government says the education system needs a shake up.

The best depth studies include fieldwork and exposing students to real-world investigations. School News finds out more from Jenny Murphy of Latitude Group Travel.

Licensing, costumes, equipment and more: There's a lot involved in putting on a school theatre production but these pointers will demystify the process.

The Victorian Premier is promising a building boom of new schools to accommodate 15,000 students in the state's fastest-growing suburbs. Find out which suburbs.

Twitter has become a significant resource for teachers to find, share, learn from and use information for the professional benefit of themselves and their students.

Numeracy and literacy testing of student teachers is said to be modelled on the Year 9 NAPLAN exam. What do the results tell us about the teachers of the future?